From: syzbot <syzbot+9eefe09bedd093f156c2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] nsfs: reject file handles with invalid inode number
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 20:19:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <68cf6eac.a00a0220.37dadf.0035.GAE@google.com> (raw)
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Subject: [PATCH] nsfs: reject file handles with invalid inode number
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
Reject nsfs file handles that claim to have inode number 0, as no
legitimate namespace can have inode 0. This prevents a warning in
nsfs_fh_to_dentry() when open_by_handle_at() is called with malformed
file handles.
The issue occurs when userspace provides a file handle with valid
namespace type and ID but claims the namespace has inode number 0.
The namespace lookup succeeds but triggers VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE() when
comparing the real inode number against the impossible claim of 0.
Since inode 0 is reserved in all filesystems and no namespace can
legitimately have inode 0, we can safely reject such handles early
to prevent reaching the consistency check that triggers the warning.
Reported-by: syzbot+9eefe09bedd093f156c2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
fs/nsfs.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 32cb8c835a2b..42672cec293c 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ static struct dentry *nsfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fh,
if (fh_len < NSFS_FID_SIZE_U32_VER0)
return NULL;
-
+ if (fid->ns_inum == 0)
+ return NULL;
/* Check that any trailing bytes are zero. */
if ((fh_len > NSFS_FID_SIZE_U32_LATEST) &&
memchr_inv((void *)fid + NSFS_FID_SIZE_U32_LATEST, 0,
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-21 3:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-20 0:13 [syzbot] [nfs?] WARNING in nsfs_fh_to_dentry syzbot
2025-09-20 8:11 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nsfs: validate file handle type in nsfs_fh_to_dentry() syzbot
2025-09-21 0:54 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nsfs: validate file handle type and data " syzbot
2025-09-21 3:19 ` syzbot [this message]
2025-09-21 5:23 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nsfs: reject file handles with invalid inode number syzbot
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